Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Infra

The Linux Foundation creates new umbrella organization for open network projects

By Mike Wheatley Jan 24, 2018

Finding itself close to being overwhelmed by the sheer number of open-source networking projects it manages, the Linux Foundation said Tuesday it has decided to create a single administrative structure to govern them all.…

Infra

Microsoft slims down Windows Server Core container operating system

By Mike Wheatley Jan 24, 2018

Microsoft Corp. has managed to slim down the already slimmed down version of its operating system for virtualized and software container environments. Windows Server Core, as the operating system is known, does away with…

Infra

Cumulus Networks lands $43M funding as investors bet on shift to open networks

By Mike Wheatley Jan 23, 2018

Open networking company Cumulus Networks Inc. has closed on a $43 million late-stage funding round as it bids to capitalize on an enterprise shift to more agile data center operations that can change quickly…

Emerging Tech

AI research guru Yann LeCun shifts role at Facebook as new AI boss joins

By Mike Wheatley Jan 23, 2018

Facebook Inc. is restructuring its artificial intelligence research teams, hiring a new leader to head up its research lab and Applied Machine Learning group, which implements AI tech into many of its products. Yann…

Apps

Facebook acquires online identity authentication startup Confirm

By Mike Wheatley Jan 23, 2018

Facebook Inc. said today it has acquired Confirm Inc., a startup specializing in authenticating government-issued identity documents, for an undisclosed amount. The social media giant isn’t saying what it intends to do with the technology.…

Apps

Rainforest QA lands $25M funding round to expand its human software testing platform

By Mike Wheatley Jan 23, 2018

Software testing provider Rainforest QA Inc. is gearing up for expansion after landing a $25 million round of funding. The Series B round was led by SVB Capital, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners,…

Emerging Tech

Megadeals propel venture capital investments to record high in 2017

By Mike Wheatley Jan 22, 2018

The amount of money invested into startups hit a new annual high in 2017 as venture capital firms made big bets on emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and automotive systems. KPMG Enterprise, a…

Infra

Intel asks users to hold off patching Meltdown and Spectre security bugs

By Mike Wheatley Jan 22, 2018

Intel Corp. has told its hardware and software partners to stop distributing a security patch intended to fix the Meltdown and Spectre bugs that affect the majority of computers using its processor chips. The…

Infra

Portworx teams up with HPE to accelerate container workloads

By Mike Wheatley Jan 22, 2018

Software container company Portworx Inc. is teaming up with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co. on a new approach to deploying and scaling containerized workloads faster. Portworx said in its pitch Thursday that the rise of on-demand applications…

Infra

Enterprises say big data analytics and AI are their top IT priorities for 2018

By Mike Wheatley Jan 21, 2018

Analyst firm 451 Research Inc. has dug up some interesting tidbits about how enterprises are embracing emerging technologies in its inaugural Voice of the Enterprise Digital Pulse survey released late last week. The finding…

Mike Wheatley

The Linux Foundation creates new umbrella organization for open network projects

Microsoft slims down Windows Server Core container operating system

Cumulus Networks lands $43M funding as investors bet on shift to open networks

AI research guru Yann LeCun shifts role at Facebook as new AI boss joins

Facebook acquires online identity authentication startup Confirm

Rainforest QA lands $25M funding round to expand its human software testing platform

Megadeals propel venture capital investments to record high in 2017

Intel asks users to hold off patching Meltdown and Spectre security bugs

Portworx teams up with HPE to accelerate container workloads

Enterprises say big data analytics and AI are their top IT priorities for 2018

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